@burnout426 said in 'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder:

Who here is using Kaspersky?

Not me.

Windows Defender and Windows Firewall with Windows 10 Firewall control.

I've already had to abandon using Opera on Windows 10 and now it looks like I'll have to abandon it on Android too.

Things like not being able to check out with it in online grocery shopping, when other browsers don't have a problem and constantly sticking in desktop mode when it isn't selected are just so annoying.

This is really recent so presumably must be something you've changed recently.

It's really disappointing when I've used Opera on mobile right back to using opera mini on phones before Android even came along.

I wish you'd stop changing things for the sake of it.

I seem to have got rid of the autoupdate folder but sadly not of the constant renaming of Opera and the consequent asking for rights through the firewall every 20 minutes.

It's completely insane - no program needs to check for updates like this.

I've uninstalled Opera and gone back to Firefox which I'm quite sad about, but enough is enough. I don't need multiple firewall pop ups all the time asking for firewall permission when I already GAVE the program permission about 200 times.

Out of curiosity how on earth do I stop getting emails every time someone replies? I thought I'd switched everything off but alas ...

And when I click on unsubscribe from the email it just takes me to the page which says I'm not watching threads etc.

@burnout426 said in 'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder:

Who here is using Kaspersky?

Not me.

Windows Defender and Windows Firewall with Windows 10 Firewall control.

@leocg said in 'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder:

@animals4life Menu > Help > About Opera will show you where Opera is installed.

Paths
Install: C:\Users\mypc\AppData\Local\Programs\Opera

Profile: C:\Users\mypc\AppData\Roaming\Opera Software\Opera Stable

Cache: C:\Users\mypc\AppData\Local\Opera Software\Opera Stable

Is what it says on that page, I have changed the name of my pc, it isn't really called mypc.

I can't find any updater.exe files in any of those places.

However in Local/Programs/Opera I've got one folder called 67.0.3575.79 and one folder called 67.0.3575.97 dated four days apart. Should these both be there?

@burnout426 said in 'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder:

New instances of this issue are being tracked in DNA-85007. Might take some time to be analyzed and fixed, but watch the changelogs at https://blogs.opera.com/desktop/ for it.

What exactly is DNA-85007?

@burnout426 said in 'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder:

@parpaluck said in 'opera autoupdate' folder keeps showing up in Downloads folder:

I have the same headache.

Did you check the Windows Task Scheduler to make sure you only have one Opera scheduled task? If you have more than one for a single release channel of Opera, that's your problem and you need to delete one. Or, delete both and then reinstall Opera.

Automatic update is an idiotic idea. I can disable such feature in just about every app — but NOT in Opera.

Close down Opera and make sure no Opera autoupdate process is shown in the Windows Task Manager. Then, in Opera's program files folder in the latest version folder, delete opera_autoupdate.exe. You can also delete the Opera scheduled task after that if you want too (not necessary though).

Repeat after any time you manually update Opera.

Once you have the autoupdate disabled, clear the autoupdate folder in the downloads folder and it won't come back. But, just for good measure, also delete all files and folders in "C:\Windows\temp" and "C:\Users\yourusername\AppData\Local\temp" to get rid of any old, Opera installer files and folders.

Not the best solution, but it'll solve the problem for you.

I can't actually find Opera in either program files folder on my 64bit Windows 10 machine. Where is it hiding?

This folder is in Downloads and is called Autoupdate.

Never noticed it was needed before?

Also why is this autoupdate running approx. every fifteen minutes and being blocked by the firewall as it adds a number to it's name is therefore constantly asking for permission to get out on the internet.

It's driving me insane and I don't understand why this is suddenly happening.

I understand update, but how many times a day do you need to autocheck for heavens sakes?

I'm seriously thinking about going back to Firefox.